APM crisis: Bauchi caretaker chairman warns Takalminroba against parading self as party leader

The Bauchi State chapter of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has suffered another setback in its leadership crisis, as the party’s caretaker chairman, Alhaji Shehu Adaji, warned former chairman Auwal Isah Mai Takalminroba against parading himself as the party’s leader.

Adaji described Isah’s recent statements as misleading, insisting that the caretaker committee set up by the party’s national leadership is the only recognised leadership of the party in Bauchi State.

Speaking to journalists at the party’s secretariat along Yandoka Road, Bauchi, on Thursday, Adaji said the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, and National Executive Council, NEC, led by National Chairman, Alhaji Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, had dissolved all party executives in the state, from ward to state levels.

He said the decision meant that Isah and other members of the former state executive no longer had the authority to speak or act on behalf of the party.

Adaji said the national leadership approved and inaugurated a seven-member caretaker committee on October 27, 2026, to run the party, settle disagreements among members and organise its structures across the state.

“The committee is firmly in place, actively discharging its constitutional mandate, and remains the sole recognised leadership of the APM in Bauchi State,” he said.

He added that preparations were ongoing for ward, local government and state congresses to elect new party executives through a transparent and fair process.

Adaji urged party members to ignore statements made by individuals who no longer had the authority to speak for the party. He said the caretaker committee was committed to maintaining discipline and unity within the party.

DAILY POST reports that the latest development comes amid a leadership crisis that has divided the APM in Bauchi State.

On October 21, 2026, a faction led by the party’s State Secretary, Mohammed Nasir Yahaya, announced the removal of Isah as state chairman.

The faction accused him of failing to account for party finances, poor record-keeping, failure to operate an official party bank account and other alleged violations of the party’s constitution.

The faction later named Hon. Nasiru Nuru Marafa as interim chairman.

However, Isah rejected his removal, saying the faction had no power to take such a decision. He also threatened to challenge the move in court.

The party’s national leadership later intervened by dissolving the entire state executive and setting up the seven-member caretaker committee on October 27 to manage the party until new executives are elected.